Working away

A friend recently asked if I was in a creative slump as he hadn't seen much output from me.
I smiled and told him that I am busy working away, creating new work and exploring new mediums (I am also posting regularly on instagram, Ello and tumblr).

I have taken so many photos, that I am still slowly working my way through images I captured at the start of 2017, as well as working my way through mixed-media pieces I created in 2015 & 2016!

Here are some things I have been working on recently.
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"Middle age, an autoportrait. Also known as- trying out my old 20mm film lens, on my full frame camera."  I took this as i decided to brush the cobwebs of an old 20mm film lens I had. This image is only from a few weeks ago.
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‘A poppy′
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This image was from January 2017. This one has been flipped upside down.

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Country landscape  #330
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This was taken somewhere near the South Australian/Victorian border as we drove home from an interstate holiday in Adelaide over Christmas 2016.

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Yellow Lines  #22 171016 . Taken in October 2016, somewhere in the city of Melbourne.
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Twilight over the Macedon Ranges #46 
141017.  Taken in October 2017. I took a series of these images, there is something so lovely about wide country vistas and twilight.
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‘What makes me a man? #113 190217′
“I lie about the size of my cock. I say it is much bigger than it is, it makes me feel like I am more of a man, stronger, more powerful.”

This piece from a series in Feb 2017,  aims to explore aspects of toxic masculinity. .

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The agony of non-acceptance (v).  From a conceptual series taken in February 2017.
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Self Portrait #11 170417  . A self portrait taken in April 2017.
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'cock iii'
(for the Laird's art comp)

Acrylic and graphite on paper. 2017. I completed three works for a gay art comp.
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Seminal works Outtake
‘Seminal works #02 070116′.  An outtake from the Seminal works series.  Scanned experimental work with Semen, ink and watercolour. The project catalogue, which talks about the project in depth can be downloaded  from this page: https://www.matthewschiavello.com/other-projects/

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Spit #07  130316  . Scanned experimental works, using Spit (Saliva), watercolor and Ink.
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‘The Leanover (in red, white and yellow’)', 2018. 20 x20 inches.. acrylic and graphite on canvas. Self framed.( i-phone photograph)
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all work, copyright matthew schiavello 2018